CAPE TOWN – It was another close-run thing, but South African long jump star Ruswahl Samaai emerged victorious once more in European action at the weekend.
In driving rain, the 28-year-old leaped to a distance of 8.03m. That was matched by Swiss youngster Simon Ehammer, but Samaai’s second-best distance on the night was further than that of Ehammer, which handed him victory.Samaai clinched the Stockholm gold medal with a last jump of 8.09m in the new Diamond League ‘mini-final’ format, despite Swede Thobias Montler producing two efforts of 8.13m earlier in the competition.
Simbine has had to hold his fire for a number of months due to the enforced coronavirus break, but has been building up to his return to the track at a training base in Gemona, Italy over the last few weeks. It was much tighter in the final, but the Commonwealth Games champion finished in 10.19 to beat Arthur Cisse of Ivory Coast with American Mike Rodgers third with 10.27.
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